Fet - Fet (English notation) Афанасий Афанасьевич Фет (Шеншин)／Afanasiy Afanas'evich Fet (Shenshin)

A Russian poet. He was born on the estate of the landowning nobleman Shensin, whose mother was the wife of a German official (his biological father) who had been brought from abroad by Shensin. At the age of 14, he discovered the secret of his birth and was deprived of his noble privileges and the Shensin family name. In order to regain them, he lived a life of prose, devoted to the calculations and vanity of his military service, land management, and his position as a chamberlain, but his poetic world was established far removed from the horrible reality (he was also frightened by the mental illness of his mother). His poetic talent blossomed in the mid-1850s, and in the 1860s he challenged the mainstream of sociological literature, advocating pure beauty. Fet's poetry is characterized by his dedication to capturing fleeting sensations and elusive emotions, and his attempt to convey things that cannot be expressed in words through the sound and rhythm of the lines, which is similar to Symbolism. His representative work, the series of poems "Evening Light" (1883-91), also shows the influence of Schopenhauer.

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ロシアの詩人。地主貴族シェンシンが国外から連れてきた、ドイツ人官吏（実父）の妻を母にシェンシンの領地で生まれた。14歳で出生の秘密を知り、貴族の特権とシェンシン姓を奪われる。以来それを回復するために、軍務、領地経営、侍従職の打算と虚栄に明け暮れる生の散文が営まれたが、詩的世界は忌まわしい現実（ほかに母方の精神病の形質に詩人はおびえた）とは、およそかけ離れたところに成立した。詩才の開花は1850年代なかばからで、60年代には文壇主流の社会学的文学に論争を挑み、純粋美を主張した。フェートの詩の特徴は、つかのまの感覚、とらえがたい感情の捕捉(ほそく)に心を砕き、ことばによって表せぬものを詩行の響きとリズムによって伝えようとするところにあり、シンボリズムに通ずる。代表作である一連の詩集『夕べの灯』（1883～91）にはショーペンハウアーの影響もうかがわれる。

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